Ellaline Terriss

Ellaline Terriss

  • Birthday: 1871-04-13
  • Deathday: 1971-06-16
  • Place of birth: Stanley, Falkland Islands

Biography

From Wikipedia Mary Ellaline Terriss, Lady Hicks (13 April 1871 – 16 June 1971), known professionally as Ellaline Terriss, was a popular English actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. She met and married the actor-producer Seymour Hicks in 1893, and the two collaborated on many projects for the stage and screen. Terriss appeared in over a dozen British films, generally in which her husband was involved as an actor, writer or director. These included the silent films Scrooge (1913), David Garrick (1913), Flame of Passion (1915), A Woman of the World (1916), Masks and Faces (1918), Always Tell Your Wife (1923), Land of Hope and Glory (1927). She made a successful transition to talkies, including Blighty (1927), Atlantic (1929), A Man of Mayfair (1931), Glamour (1931), The Iron Duke (1934), Royal Cavalcade (1935) and The Four Just Men (1939). She died in Hampstead, England, at the age of 100.

Filmography

The Four Just Men

1939

As Lady Willoughby

Always Tell Your Wife

1923

As The Wife - Mrs. Chesson

Blighty

1927

As Lady Villiers

Land of Hope and Glory

1927

As Mrs. Whiteford

Glamour

1931

As Lady Belton

Man of Mayfair

1931

As Old Grace

Atlantic

1929

As Alice Rool

Masks and Faces

1917

As Member of Rich's Company

Scrooge

1913

As

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